let me read more from the reporting on specifically what conduct is under scrutiny here. the potential perjury charges for weisselberg stem from statements he made under oath during a 2020 interview with the office of the new york attorney general letitia james, who was conducting her own separate investigation into trump and his family business. it s not clear which part of the testimony raised red flags for prosecutors and ms. james or how bragg might prove that weisselberg made a false statement. it s clear that there is a lot going on under the surface that we don t see, both in the office of the attorney general and the office alvin bragg s office. i also feel, present company included, we have underestimated bragg s tenacity and long game before. what do you make of this? i think if, in fact, alvin bragg and his office is going after weisselberg, i think that
remember, she had previously given a slightly long erwin doe from july to september 1st. she s now narrowed that to the first three weeks of august. yeah. to me it indicates that she not only is being meticulous about the case itself and taking her time, but she s also now being meticulous about the logistics of what could happen when indictments come down. you know, she s worried, she s concerned about safety. she s concerned about the employees at the federal courthouse. so she s trying to make sure that everything is as orderly and safe as possible, knowing that there is the chance to if president trump or members of his inner circle are charged, which we don t know, but if they are, there could be a lot of rhetoric on social media, perhaps calls for protests. and i think she just wants to be
country s rejection of donald trump in the 2020 election and became a critical battleground in the campaign by trump and his allies to overturn his defeat. a letter today from fulton county d.a. connie willis to judges and her fellow county officials saying in essence, clear your calendars. the new york times reports this, the georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into the former president and his allies has taken the unusual step of announcing remote workdays for most of her staff during the first three weeks of august. asking judges in the downtown atlanta courthouse not to schedule trials for part of that time, as she prepares to bring charges in the inquiry. the move suggests that the fulton county d.a. is expecting a grand jury to unseal indictments during that time period. thanks to court filings and reporting, we know that willis has cast a very wide net, with everyone from state gop officials to the ex-president
watching these hearings, the language of this draft justice department letter will sound very familiar. the text is similar to what we have seen from john eastman and rudy giuliani. both of whom were coordinating with president trump to overturn the 2020 election. tim, i want you to just take a beat and go through the architecture of the coup plot, because as i just sort of doodled out, it all runs through georgia. the white house plot that trump is running is now the famous call to brad raffensperger. jeffrey clark wanted the u.s. attorney there to open an investigation without any evidence of fraud. eastman goes down there and is activating the georgia legislature to present this fake, phony slate of electors, and the fake electors themselves, some of them have cooperated, some of them are witnesses, and some are targets of the probe. yeah, exactly right, nicolle.
bringing a case of this significance to go through that careful process. mary, fani willis has always had the entire circuit under scrutiny, which started and ended with trump and his call with brad raffensperger. we know that doj didn t shift its focus to that whole sort of they were looking at the foot soldiers until jack smith arrives, which is last fall. so it s almost 18 months behind her probe. in terms of timing, and, again, i know investigations and prosecutions don t live and die by any clock, but our presidential elections have one that is immovable. what is your sense on the pace and timeline that jack smith has to work with? yeah. you know, there were some things afoot before jack smith was appointed. you might remember in early 2022, i guess it was, the deputy attorney general, lisa monaco,